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Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (Hungarian: Vitéz Nagybányai Horthy Miklós; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈviteːz ˈnɒɟbaːɲɒi ˈhorti ˈmikloːʃ]; English: Nicholas Horthy; German: Nikolaus Horthy von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who served as the regent of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar period and most of World War II ...
Feb. 9, 1957, Estoril, Port. (aged 88) Miklós Horthy (born June 18, 1868, Kenderes, Hung., Austria-Hungary—died Feb. 9, 1957, Estoril, Port.) was a Hungarian naval officer and conservative leader who defeated revolutionary forces in Hungary after World War I and remained the country’s head of state until 1944.
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Horthy, Miklós (Admiral Horthy) Naval officer, Regent of Hungary. Born 18 June 1868 in Kenderes, Hungary. Died 09 February 1957 in Estoril, Portugal. Horthy was a naval officer of Austria-Hungary. During the First World War he was first in command of a cruiser and then chief commander of the navy.
Oct 19, 2016 · Miklós Horthy. Horthy was 88 when the 1956 revolution broke out in Budapest and he heard about the refugee boys. He visited them to express “his compassionate feelings” towards the Hungarian youth who shared his fate in exile. The visit was a publicity stunt, and he even “adopted” a Hungarian refugee boy, Lajos Kiss. Horthy’s house ...
HORTHY, MIKLÓS (1868–1957) Hungarian statesman. Regent of Hungary during the turbulent period from 1920 until his arrest by the Nazis in 1944, Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was born into a noble Protestant family in 1868. As a young man he served in the Austro-Hungarian navy, quickly ascending the ranks to become one of the navy's most valued ...
Miklós Horthy. (1868–1957). Hungarian naval officer Miklós Horthy defeated revolutionary forces in Hungary after World War I. The conservative leader served as the country’s regent, or head of state, from 1920 to 1944. Horthy was born on June 18, 1868, in Kenderes, Hungary (then part of Austria-Hungary ). A member of a noble Protestant ...
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Miklós Horthy. A Hungarian politician who became Regent of Hungary from 1 March 1920 until 15 October 1944. Horthy is a controversial figure due to his collaboration with the Nazis.
